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Article: BIAW POISONS POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT.(Editorial)(Column)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- October 28, 2008
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Byline: JON BRIDGE AND JEFF BROTMAN GUEST COLUMNISTS
Washington's political environment is being poisoned by deceitful and inaccurate attack ads paid for by the Building Industry Association of Washington. The leadership of the BIAW has a well-known reputation for running false and misleading advertisements and disparaging opponents in the process. BIAW regularly attacks Gov. Chris Gregoire, business, environmental and labor leaders with little regard for the truth. Their rhetoric and tactics have no place in Washington politics.
A few weeks ago, BIAW leaders were handed a ruling by the state Public Disclosure Commission that they had committed ...